Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States
Subtitle: with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. With maps.
By: By J.W. Powell
Contributors: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918; Dutton, Clarence E. (Clarence Edward), 1841-1912; Thompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906; Drummond, Willis, jr.
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Govt. print. off.
Published: 1879
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Irrigation -- West (U.S.); Irrigation -- Utah.; Rain and rainfall -- West (U.S.); Public lands -- United States.
Other titles: Arid region of the United States.
Table of contents: title: Physical characteristics of the arid region.; title: The land-system needed for the arid region.; title: The rainfall of the western portion of the United States [based upon the "Smithsonian tables of precipitation in rain and snow"]; title: Water supply, by G.K. Gilbert.; title: Certain important questions relating to irrigable lands.; title: The lands of Utah.; title: Irrigable lands of the Salt lake drainage system, by G.K. Gilbert.; title: Irrigable lands of the valley of the Sevier river, by Capt. C.E. Dutton.; title: Irrigable lands of that portion of Utah drained by the Colorado river and its tributaries, by Prof. A.H. Thompson.; title: Land grants in aid of internal improvements, by Willis Drummond, jr.